Most Overrated Black Celebrities
A list of the most overexposed and overrated African American celebs.I knew that Beyonce would be #1 on this list when I first saw the title of this list. Also, it's no surprise that several of the celebrities on this list have lighter skin than most other black people. That shows how much colorism can overhype a light skinned black celebrity. Beyonce is the most overrated out of all of them.
Beyonce is the Queen of Overrated. Not just among black celebrities, but all celebrities in general. Also, I just noticed something when I made this comment. The 3 black celebrities that are the highest on this list have lighter skin than the average black person. Colorism did play a major role in why there's so much ridiculous hype around Beyonce, Rihanna, and Mariah Carey.
American media tries so hard to make her a Queen and it looks ridiculous. She would be nothing without family support and countless commercial. She is ZERO personality who copies other artists all the time. Nothing she does is her own. What a FAKE!
She's beautiful, can sing and dance. But don't force me to make her out to be a great songwriter (i.e., "Bootilscious", "Check On It", "Upgrade U") or a serious actress. If she wasn't pretty, we wouldn't be interested.
She's pretty... But she just has an nice accent when she "sings" and did I forget to say that she's pretty? She was better when she first came out, but now, I don't like her stuff at all. It seems like she's in the illuminati and she is an AVERAGE SINGER.
hey guys, did you even hear her live singing? She sounds like my nightmare. Rihanna should be no.1 in this list. She's real NO Talent!
Rihanna benefitted more from colorism than any other black singer, except Mariah Carey and Beyonce.
Hideous as a face like an old lady and a down syndrome forehead. She is fugseriously
She was good when she started her career and she was a powerhouse singing songs like Vision of Love, Emotions, Dreamlover, Hero, I Don't Wanna Cry and Prisoner, but after the disaster known as "Honey" happened her music started going down in quality and so did her voice.
She is overrated, but at least she did not heavily rely on sex to become famous. That sets her apart from several other recent, famous female singers.
I think she's mostly overhyped because she don't look black.
Quite overrated
Cardi-B has terrible morals. She's graceless, negative and only negative and unnecessary things come out of her mouth. Very problematic and has probably offended pretty much everyone by know. She is the Spanish equivalence to Azealia Banks but worse. But Cardi isn't black so she shouldn't even be on this list.
Another overrated woman that owes her fame to colorism.
Why did he get so much credit for doing something that several other boxers had done? At least the boxers that defeated Julian Jackson, Sonny Liston, John Mugabi, Roberto Duran, Gerald Mcclellan, or Earnie Shavers were better pound-for-pound boxers than Buster Douglas. Shavers fought a young Larry Holmes. Tyson didn't. Also, Tyson fans had used the 'he was past his prime' excuse for his losses, even though Holyfield and Lewis were past their prime when they fought him.
Tyson is very overrated. He was as much of a cheater as Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, James Toney, and Roy Jones Jr. Tyson being a cheater looked much more obvious than most other athletes that cheated.
He's too overrated by people that aren't casual boxing fans.
That whole comment is true. The guy was also a steroid user.
Along with Kanye and Drake, Jay-Z is among the most overrated rappers that is neither white nor female.
Jay-Z is the 2nd most overrated rapper that is not white nor female.
Nobody knows if he's gay beyond a reasonable doubt.
He's in his 50s now. He does look like he crossed that line several years earlier.
His career only still exists because of colorism. If he had the skin tone of Neyo or Tyrese Gibson, Chris Brown's career would of ended after that beating.
Go to jail, Chris Brown!
She should be in the top 3 of this list. Plus, I don't get why Chris Brown, O.J. Simpson, and Bill Cosby are on this list. Those guys became more hated than liked.
She is ok... (but just look at her face in that picture! )
She is a stupid ho
He's one of the greatest rapper ever!
I'm not concerned with what Mayweather and some wrestler did in a fake, racist sport, but Mayweather is definitely overrated. That big comment explains that perfectly. He's the 2nd most overrated boxer. At least he didn't use steroids, unlike the one boxer rated higher on this list.
It's very dumb that his fans treat him like he's a devastating boxer when he didn't even score a knockout in many of his big fights. While Rocky Marciano was overrated, at least Marciano showed that he was a devastating boxer. Marciano did not play 'keep away' in his fights, and unlike what Mayweather did with Shane, Miguel, and Manny, Marciano did not wait for his best opponents to be past their best days before fighting them. Also, Oscar and Castillo were the real winners when they fought Mayweather, the most overrated boxer in history.
Mayweather's best moment in the ring was when the wrestler known as the Big Show threw him out of the ring.
He's too overpaid, especially for someone who plays 'keep away' in many of his big fights.
An overrated rapper that owes his fame to colorism.
He was good up until he sacrificed his own mother for fame and married a stupid kardashian!
An overrated rapper who's saying illogical crap as a means to remain relevant.
Racist, sexist, and is not very good at rapping with! To add even more, he is married to kim kartrashian!
Kanye West is the most overrated rapper that is not white nor female.
He's only famous for an overrated(and pedophilic) relationship with an overrated hoe. If that hoe(as well as the rest of her overrated family) had been black, she never would of been famous.
She owes much of her fame to colorism, though she's not as liked now as she was over ten years ago. Aging can cause that to female celebrities that are only famous for their looks. Noticed that Pamela Anderson and Naomi Campbell became less famous later in their life?
She's not as overrated as she used to be. It's probably because her looks, the main thing that made her famous, is going away. Also, she didn't deserve that Oscar.
Halle Berry is the worst actress to ever win an Oscar. Without her looks, I don't think Halle would of won the Oscar she had won.
How was she not on this list already? I had to include her on this list.
Have absolutely no idea why she is popular,
Not that bright, no obvious talents, used to shoplift "just because she wanted to", didn't even have the grace to say she was wrong to steal. What a waste of space. Ughh
Played the 'i'm black and abused' card to make millions out of ppls emotions...the real victims of racism and child abuse still not even in the light
You all are SIMPS. Fine, Oprah isn't attractive, can't act, and can't sing. THAT'S RIGHT I SAID IT! So why is she famous? SPEAK ON IT!
She's famous because of Michael Jackson. And she backstabbed him now.
Yeah he ain't all that, his rapping ain't that special and only people who know little about rap call him one of the best lyricists. Rap music has just gone down in quality so much starting in the early 2000's that when people hear a half way decent rapper they call him the best. DMX is a more lyrical and better version of 50.
50 cent is worth 10 cents and cmon will smith made me like him in I am ledgend
Go to hell he's underrated
One of the most overrated boxers ever. He's regarded as one of the pound-for-pound greats, even though he got consistently embarrassed by smaller opponents. That's not a pound-for-pound great. Jimmy Young wasn't even a great hitter, and he embarrassed Foreman anyway. Foreman is regarded by fans as boxing's hardest puncher, even though Ali, Norton, and Lyle all said that Earnie Shavers hit them the hardest.
murderer... that's what he's a celebrity for.
past celebrity current double murderer
I get that she supposed to be great because there weren't many black models but other than that she seems like an awful person I watched America's top model she's just a my way or no way bullheaded person I remember years ago she came out with the song and once again in that interview she didn't think anybody who helped her she just kept running her mouth about herself and how she feels and why she had to do it put accents over the she in had she is seems like a real bad person yet people love her because she's black and because she's a model and there weren't that many black models at the time she came out so it sucks
How is she behind Bill Cosby? Cosby is the man he is way more talented than this girl and so is cris tucker
I doubt Tyra is truly overrated. She had several projects that failed.
She's beautiful. That's the one great thing she got going for her.
He had one classic album, one good album, and 3 weak albums. His diehard fans don't know anything about hip-hop cause rakim and nas are way better. And he had the vocabulary of a 6 year old with down syndrome. The most overrated black celebrity of all time is Tupac Shakur.
Im a fan myself but best rapper of all time? I don't think so. Great rapper with a classic (me against the world)and some okay albums but at the end of the day if he didn't die he would never get Greatest of all time talk.
2pac was a pretty good rapper. He wasnt the greatest or even close to the greatest. I take Kool G Rap, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Nas, Jay-Z, Common, AZ, Scarface and about 30 others before I would get to 2pac.
The epitome of overrated, right here, buddy!
He is one of the worst actors in the world and is always a smart ass.
Regardless of the role, he's always the Fresh Prince to me. A clown!
Hhe is so ugly is eyes are retarded too far apart andh is wife is a les. e looks like he has fetal alcohol syndrome